polymorphous
Taking various forms
Polymorphous means having or occurring in many forms.
The term appears in scientific contexts—polymorphous bacteria can take various shapes, and polymorphous light eruption is a skin condition with varied presentations.
In psychoanalytic theory, Freud's polymorphous perversity describes infant sexuality as unfocused and capable of finding pleasure through any body part.
The word suggests multiplicity of form rather than fixed shape.
Readily changing form
- multiformHaving many forms
- mutableAble to be changed
- shapeshiftingTransforming into other beings
- changeableCapable of alteration
variable · versatile · fluid · flexible · mercurial · kaleidoscopic · manifold · variegated
Innate erotic drive
- sexualityErotic nature and preferences
- FreudFounder of psychoanalysis
- infantileCharacteristic of infants
- perverseStubbornly unreasonable
desire · instinct · drives · psychosexual · erotic · pleasure · id · unconscious
Profound biological restructuring
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- phenotypeObservable characteristics of organism
- variationChange from a norm
speciation · genotype · dimorphism · plasticity · development · alleles · recombination · inheritance
protean
Readily changing form
- multiformHaving many forms
- mutableAble to be changed
- shapeshiftingTransforming into other beings
changeable · variable · versatile · fluid · flexible · mercurial · kaleidoscopic · manifold · variegated · diverse
libido
Innate erotic drive
- sexualityErotic nature and preferences
- FreudFounder of psychoanalysis
- infantileCharacteristic of infants
perverse · desire · instinct · drives · psychosexual · erotic · pleasure · id · unconscious · development
metamorphosis
Profound biological restructuring
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- phenotypeObservable characteristics of organism
variation · speciation · genotype · dimorphism · plasticity · development · alleles · recombination · inheritance · organisms
lattice
Openwork of crossed strips
- allotropyElement existing in multiple forms
- crystalOrdered-atom solid
- phaseDistinct period in sequence
structure · symmetry · hexagonal · isometric · diffraction · transformation · silicate · quartz · calcite · graphite
polymorphousmonomorphic
Having one form
uniform · unvarying · invariant · isomorphic · fixed
polymorphousuniform
Identical throughout
homogeneous · consistent · regular · standardized · undifferentiated
morph, poly, polymer, morphology, morphed, morphing, metamorphic, morpheme, polymorphism